Development, implementation and formative evaluation of a motivational-volitional intervention to promote sustainable physical activity in breast cancer survivors.

Objective: The aim of the current project was the development, implementation and evaluation of the programme, Motivational-Volitional Intervention-Movement After Breast Cancer (Mo-Vo-BnB), an intervention for the sustainable promotion of physical activity of breast cancer survivors.

Methods: In a multi-stage interdisciplinary development process, the pedagogical-didactic, psychological and physical evidence-based programme was developed and implemented for women after breast cancer who were approved for medical rehabilitation and were minimally, physically active (<60 min/week). Train-the-trainer seminars were carried out for the implementation.

[A Motivational-Volitional Program for Women after Breast Cancer Increases Physical Activity 12 Months Post Rehabilitation - Results of a Prospective Controlled Trial].

Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of a motivational-volitional program for women after breast cancer (MoVo-BnB) who engage less than 60 minutes per week in physical activity.

Methods: This is a non-randomised, prospective bi-centered controlled trial in 2 in-patient medical rehabilitation centers. Data are assessed at 4 measurement points: at admission, discharge, 6 and 12 months post discharge.

Evaluation of a standardized patient education program for inpatient asthma rehabilitation: Impact on patient-reported health outcomes up to one year.

Objectives: To modify and evaluate a patient education program for adult asthma patients in consideration of quality criteria for teaching.

Methods: This was a prospective single-center controlled trial in an inpatient rehabilitation center. The control group (n=215) received the usual lecture-based education program, and the intervention group (n=209) the modified patient education program.

A multicenter, prospective, quasi-experimental evaluation study of a patient education program to foster multiple sclerosis self-management competencies.

Objective: To determine the impact of the self-management training program "S.MS" for new multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

Method: Multicenter, prospective, quasi-experimental study with 31 MS patients in the intervention group (training program) and 33 participants in the control group (CG) (brochures).